Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
‘Love & Other Drugs’ director recalls Jake Gyllenhaal introducing his ‘girlfriend’ Taylor Swift
nypost.com“All Too Well.” “Love & Other Drugs” director Ed Zwick recalls Jake Gyllenhaal dating Taylor Swift in his new memoir, “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years.”“While we were in London for the European premiere, he introduced me to his new girlfriend, Taylor Swift.
I’m just sayin’…” Zwick, 71, boasted. Gyllenhaal and Swift dated from October 2010 into early 2011 when she was 20 and he was 29.
Her fan-favorite song “All Too Well” off her 2012 album “Red” is believed to be about their relationship. The “10-Minute Version” of the song, which supposedly included more context around their breakup, was included on Swift’s “Red (Taylor’s Version)” re-recording in 2021.Of course, the “Karma” singer has since moved on to Super Bowl LVIII champion, Travis Kelce, while the “Brokeback Mountain” star has been dating his longtime girlfriend, Jeanne Cadieu, since 2018.
Elsewhere in the book, Zwick also reminisced on the acting exercise he challenged Gyllenhaal to in 2010 ahead of the actor’s portrayal of the womanizing Viagra salesman, Jamie, in the rom-com. “His job as a salesman takes second place to his vocation, which is hitting on women.
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